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AEDON GALACTODES.
Rufous Sedye-Warbler.
Turdus txrundinaceus, \
r. (Z, Lath. Ind. Orn., tom. i. p. 895.
■ Man. d’Orn., tom. i. p. 182.
... ib. vol. iii. p. 129.
:e r, Orn. Taschenb., tom. iii. p. 66.
Isis. 1826, p. 972.
Orn. Eur., tom. i. p. 567.
Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List of Bird
rains. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 241.
ys. et Bias. Wirbelth. Eur., p. lv.
Aedon gaUcUdes, Boie,
rubjguiotus, Degl.
Erythropggia galactotes,
Agrobates galactotes, S'
Saliearia galactodes, K
, p. 18.
T h is very attractive species has a t least been killed twice in England, and is therefore entitled to a place
in oar avifauna. The southern and eastern portions of Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, and Persia are
its natural home, in some of which countries it is as common and as well known to their bird’s-nesting
boys as the Nightingale and the Reed-Wren are to those of our own country. Its general colouring, like
that of Cursonus and some other eastern birds, is very similar to the sandy districts in which it dwells;
just as the Ptarmigan in winter assimilates to the sno
can a t pleasure render itself conspicuous by spread
tail, which it often does, perhaps to a greater extent
t ip action, are ol gref
shown him that such «domtaents are not give» with
exhibiting them to the g rea te r advantage, vfccttar
tails o f tbr Botvpectron and the Turkey, or (Hfe =■ -i-
who bave seen the present bird alive, that •:» attr*
as might be inferred from its form, being MWgiitlv i
tail a t one moment enact, sod at the next spread out t
A record of the ftra* specimen known to hare beei
for 1854, p. 4511. where Mr. William B em r, Jun., f
was driving near a part o f the South Downs, ab<
Bosthill, on the 16th o f September, he nori'ced a bi
of the Nightingale. Having no gun, he proceeded ah
found the bird about twenty yards from where he fin
further side o f some furze-bushes, mounting into the ;
from him. Swaysland describes its flight as resen
He at last got a shot, at about forty yards, and killed
shortly have moulted, one o r two young primaries lmv
than the old ones. The feathers also on the back and
worn.” Mr. Borrer borrowed the bird and sent it t
figure in the second Supplement of the 1 British Bm
Maitland, Esq.
The occurrence of the second English example i> 1
Magazine of Natural History.' vol. ¡v. 3rd ser., It®*,
“ A second specimen o f the Rufous Sedge Wnrb
South Devonshire, on the 25th of September U* 1
has been presented to the British Museum Fhat gei
of a Lark, and that it was exceedingly tbm. Ii* visit
which had prevailed for several days. ’
According to Tcmminck, it was first obtained at I>r
naturalist attached to the Imperial Mawms of Vmua,
Latham (who, in his * General History of Birds.' c*
detection) says it arrives there “ the last week » A \
tops of shrubs, hedges, and walls in the maimer ¡>; the
Mr. O. Salvin, in his “ Five Months Bii-k - .>• v l
with which it is surrounded; but the Aedon galactodes
j out and exhibiting the contrasted markings of its
lan any other species o f the Sylvida*. The markings
E interest to the ornithologi s t ; since Observation has
ut a purpose, nad tb*» their owner has the power of
t be :ih.e train «** /he state!* Pracodc, the decorated
r island will be f
. Swaysland, a bi
from that towi
» he supposed t
r miles to obtain <
hand in the ‘ Zoologist ’
wd-atoffer, o f Brighton,
i,. known as Plnmpton
• cream-coloured variety
lid returning to the spot
t Observed it. It was very wary, flying always to the
ir some fifteen yards, and settling on the side furthest
ibiing that of the young o f the Red-backed Shrike,
it. On dissection it proved to be a male, and would
ing made their appearance; they were darker-coloured
ail, especially the central ones of the latter, are much
» Mr. Yarrell; and it is from this specimen that the
s ’ was taken. It is iww in the poKsewihm of Fuller